Crimea - Dno
We thought for a long time where to go to the sea in a pandemic. Chose between Adler and Crimea. As a result, they decided to return to Crimea after 14 years. We took the dates from 09.07-28.07. 20. We flew by plane, chose 2 points of location for rest - the village of Chornomorskaya (13 days) and the village. Partenit (6 days). The realtor gave us the driver's number on the minibus, two families were able to get from the airport at once, 4 people each (1600 rubles). In the village of Chernomorskaya, we rented a studio (23 sq. m. ) with a kitchen in the residential complex Italian Village. The building is three-story, three apartments per floor. There is air conditioning, cable, internet, refrigerator, stove, iron. Upon arrival, the first disappointment occurred. The project for the construction of the complex is designed until 2024, right next to us, there was a construction site through the fence. The buildings were erected, finishing works were carried out. The realtor kindly kept silent about this in the process of booking the studio. We immediately asked to be moved to another place, because. I wanted a relaxing holiday with two children. The realtor offered to spend the night, and the next morning we will decide whether we leave or not. The studio cost 2500/day. As a result, we were offered to move to a 2-room suite for 3500/day. The construction was carried out in light mode and did not cause any particular inconvenience, so we decided not to change anything.
LCD Italian Village is a closed territory. In the courtyard there is a playground and you can safely let the children go for a walk alone. There is a swimming pool, but not completed. God forbid, by 2024 it will work. To the beach 5 minutes. From the residential complex the road leads directly to the patch, where there is a shop and a cafe Uncle Fedor. Usual soviet cafe. Dined there several times. Decent lagman and chicken noodles for kids. There are several cafes along the entire beach. One is just in a bad place. Behind him is a swamp. I don’t know how people could be there, but when we went out for a walk in the evening, we tried to pass this area at a fast pace, the stench was terrible. Near the cafe there was a sign: oysters 90 rubles / piece, on the 10th-12th day of our stay the price was already 120 rubles. At the end of the beach there was a top cheburek. Cheburek with cheese 70 rubles, with meat 80 rubles. Shawarma, etc. Everything is delicious, but the gentlemen are not in a hurry to cook. Waited twice for 20 minutes. order. Chebureks are cooked in front of you, it was worth it. Opposite the cheburechnaya they sold samsa from the tandoor for 100 rubles. When asked why in Moscow samsa costs 70-80 rubles, and you have 100, I could hear only slurred speech and dullness.
Beach. This is a failure. There are sheds and you can always find a place with children. The wind and waves are constantly blowing. On the shore and at sunset, and the sea is a lot of mud. Nobody cleans up!! ! There were two hurricane days, I even had to wear jackets, the mud seemed to have left, but then returned again. The beach is sandy, the sunset is smooth. At 20 meters from the shore, with a height of 178 cm, I was just above the waist. For children, that's it. On the beach paid sun loungers - 100 rubles / day. We bought a straw lounger for 3 people in the store for 500 rubles. Takes him just to rest. The water is dirty with algae and was not always warm for the kids. You can ride a catamaran and a tablet. There is a large inflatable slide on the shore. On the whole beach there is one tent with draft beer, the lights were turned off there periodically and the beer was not cold.
We went for groceries (15 min. ) or went to the Yabloko supermarket, which was just opened before our arrival. There are also several other markets nearby. Prices for food as in Moscow. Local milk is cheaper, for example. sold in soft bags. I bought milk three times, after the porridge had curdled, I took it only in a pet bottle and carried it in a thermal bag. On Wednesdays, the market worked, various merchants came. From local fish ONLY mullet and red mullet, the rest is all imports. No one here has heard of sanitary standards for the storage of chilled products. Inexpensive fruits and vegetables.
There was an amusement park 20 minutes away from us - everything is miserable, the price tags are too high. There was a top guy who made animals out of cotton candy. Of all the cafes, 2-3 are normal. We sat in a cafe We came in large numbers on the first day - everything is fine. On the second day, they waited 30 minutes until they just cleared the table, another 1.2 hours they waited for an order for children, and the adults had already eaten. In the end, we went to another place. Local alcohol is more expensive than imported. Cognac Koktebel 5 * 750-800 rubles, in Moscow cheaper by 100 rubles. Local beer is full of slag, it costs 20-30 rubles more than the same Krasnodar. And this is the situation with all products - the quality is so-so, they are more expensive than imported ones.
Our driver praised his native land on the way. In fact, nothing has changed in 14 years. Full scoop and bottom in all aspects. With the same Turkey, Crimea is not next to each other. Our friends flew earlier, upon arrival they wrote that everyone had a temperature of 38. We tensed up, we thought covid. It turned out they just had poisoning, a dirty sea. We all got poisoned too. First, the son rinsed for 2 days. The day before departure, my wife had 38. They canceled Partenit, tried to extend the stay - everything is busy. Bypassed the private sector nearby - this is a complete failure. Rent only huts. As a result, the day of departure - the wife has a temperature, the daughter began to vomit, there is no housing. We quickly found a 2-room apartment in Evpatoria with a good repair for 2500/day. We would definitely not have reached Partenit in the heat - 4 hours away. The day before departure, he poisoned himself.
I would like to mention the taxi drivers separately. I was looking for a normal car to move to Partenit, because I didn’t want to shake for 4 hours in some dead Logan. The price through the aggregator is about 4 thousand rubles. Approached the drivers - they do not want to go far. It is better to stand for half a day to gnaw seeds, and in the evening to make several flights around the city for 100 rubles. The loafers are still the same. Comfort class cars are just a new car (Lada, Renault, Foltz).
According to the total of 20 days, only 8-9 days normally rested. No service, price tags out of thin air. There is a big red cross on the map of Crimea. Not a foot in this bottom. They really wished that they did not wait for the opening of Turkey.